Movistar Peru Classic Back ON for Rounds 2 and 3

LOBITOS, Piura/Peru – Clean two-to-three foot (1 metre) waves are on offer this morning, and with a projection for building swell throughout the day, the Movistar Peru Classic presented by Rip Curl has been called back on, with Round 2 commencing at 8am.

Event No. 5 of 7 on the 2009 ASP Women’s World Tour, the Movistar Peru Classic saw the top seeds dominate Round 1 of competition two days ago, and today’s improved conditions are poised to provide the ideal setting for the world’s best female surfers to do battle.

“As fore, a slight increase in swell has arrived so we will commence Round 2 at 8am,” Richie Porta, ASP Women’s World Tour Head Judge, said. “We plan on moving straight into Round 3 and if the swell continues to increase throughout the day, we will hold the Quarterfinals.”

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PASTA POINT, Chaaya Island/Dhonveli Maldives (Thursday, October 29, 2009) – The Association of Surfing Professionals (ASP) Oxbow World Longboard Tour Maldives event today crowned two champions – Harley Ingeby (Australia) as the 2009 ASP World Longboard Champion and Kai Sallas (Hawaii) as the inaugural Oxbow Maldives event champion.

Sallas (Oahu, Hawaii) won the event, surfing clean three feet (1 metre) surf at Pasta Point, defeating Australasia’s Harley Ingelby in a high-scoring Final that saw Sallas take the win with a combined two-wave tally of 15.65 to Ingelby on 14.00.

Ingeby’s second placing in today’s final event on the two-event 2009 ASP World Longboard Tour secured him the ASP World Longboard Title.

“I’m so stoked to win this event,” Sallas said. “The waves have been super fun all week and to beat Harley in the final capped off a perfect week for me. “I started well with 7.65 on my first ride and felt confident that I could back that ride up and take the win, Ingelby came at me hard in the final few minutes but my best ride was my final one and it’s great to win and actually beat the current world champion as well!”

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(Thursday 22nd October, 2009): AN international cast of surfers were literally on “Cloud 9” today with Typhoon Lupit whipping up epic 1.5-2 metre (6ft plus) waves for the opening day of the Billabong Cloud 9 Invitational at Siargao Island in the Philippines.

The famed right-hander lived up to its hype, severing up a smorgasbord of hollow, tubing waves, as contest organisers opted to run round one heats before completing four sudden-death round two heats to close out the day.

Excellent scores were the norm as surfers from Australia, Bali, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa and the Philippines pushed their tube riding skills to the limit, weaving deeper and deeper through the bellies of cavernous waves in a tussle for important round three berths.

Hawaiian hotshot Jamie O’Brien fired a warning shot to his fellow rivals switch footing his way through a Cloud 9 keg to post the event’s first perfect 10-point ride.

The former pipeline master, who arrived at the out-of-the-way break only a few hours before his opening round heat, showed no signs of jetlag, netting a combined two-wave total of 17.80 to easily beat Australian Cahill Bell Warren (9.83 – Jan Juc, Victoria) and local Philippines surfer Rodolfo Alcala (3.10) in a one-sided affair.

“We had a really long mission from Hawaii after making a last minute decision to come to the event,” he said.

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